... frontier. In the context of emerging economies, this paper aims to explore the impact of adopting I4.0 technologies on firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) and its mediation channels. Design/methodology/approach Using panel data for 2,928 firms in China’s manufacturing industry during the period 2010...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Manufacturing sector Generative AI TOE framework China Interesting because: This research explores the effect of Generative AI (GenAI) on organizational performance within the manufacturing sector, an area that has been relatively...

... 19 03 2024 19 03 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Big data analytics capability Radical innovation Business intelligence Resource-based view Manufacturing enterprises China Interesting because...

... achievements with regard to innovation. According to the Global Innovation Index 2022, China's overall ranking for innovation performance is 11th and has been improving consistently over the last ten years. The country ranks first in terms of number of patents and trademarks and the export volume...

... and the mediating effect of ambidextrous innovation in the context of the Chinese manufacturing firms. Design/methodology/approach The data come from the World Bank Enterprise Survey of China conducted from December 2011 to February 2013. The logistic regression is applied with Stata 15, and the robustness test...

... who can deal with uncertainty with a proactive strategy. Research limitations/implications – This study was carried out in China, with four companies as unit of analysis. Future work can help to extend this study across countries. Originality/value – The use of Four dimensions...

...; and numeric documents. China Product development Communication Sweden Culture and language differences R&D-manufacturing interface Severe competition puts pressure on companies to constantly deliver novel products of high quality and low cost (Liker et al., 1999). To cope...

... China – or intend to do so. The paper aims to provide new practical and theoretical insights on how German manufacturing companies are readjusting and further developing their production and innovation strategies in China and which future paths they plan to follow to make the most out of their foreign...

...George Q. Huang; Abraham Zhang; Xiaming Liu Purpose Global manufacturers have faced unprecedented cost pressures in China because of Chinese currency appreciation, rising labour costs, higher oil prices and reduced value‐added tax rebates. This paper aims to reassess the decision of operating...

... domain in network behavioral changes. Findings This paper demonstrates how a Chinese telecommunications service company and its inter‐firm network became the market leader in one of the provincial capital cities in China within six years. Originality/value From an endogenous perspective...

.... Originality/value Considering very few ERP project failures are recorded in the literature and the majority of existing ERP research in China was in the context of large state‐owned or foreign‐invested companies, this paper represents an early effort to explore the reasons why ERP adoption failed in the case...

... processes, firms are able to enhance their SC processes and create efficiencies, which in turn ultimately improve firm performance (Stonebraker and Liao, 2006). In the context of China, the Chinese Government encourages foreign firms to buy greater and greater numbers of components from local suppliers...

..., all industries perform well in quality, underlining the emerging economy character of China. These results support other recent findings of the positive impact of lean operations on the performance of the Chinese manufacturing sector. Research limitations/implications The paper's findings, which...

... and management in the large Chinese companies, but will also be beneficial to other large companies in general, which may be confronted with similar ERP exploitation challenges. Originality/value The majority of large companies in China and in the West have implemented ERP systems and engaged in the system...

...Nicholas Beaumont; Yu‐Ying Huang; Shyh‐Jane Li Purpose The concept of postponement has been developed over many years. Past empirical research has been conducted almost entirely in Western countries. This paper aims to investigate the current status of postponement applications in Greater China...

.... Originality/value The allocation of block erection to the crane is modeled as a parallel machine‐scheduling problem with PCME, and the GA is developed to solve this problem to minimize makespan. Production scheduling Parallel machines Shipbuilding industry China In the recent years, Chinese...

... with international corporations within the China market. Design/methodology/approach The study utilizes case studies and the analysis hierarchical process to analyze the competitiveness of the domestic mobile phone industry (DMI) within the China market from a value chain perspective. Findings The study...

... and heating, and a few others in China. Design/methodology/approach An assessment tool is used to evaluate actual manufacturing practice related to key areas of inventory; team approach; processes; maintenance; layout/handling; suppliers; setups; quality; and scheduling and control. Manufacturing...

...Afonso Fleury; Mike Gregory; David Bennett; Kirit Vaidya; David Bennett; Xiaming Liu Purpose The paper assesses the extent to which China's comparative advantage in manufacturing has shifted towards higher‐tech sectors between 1987 and 2005 and proposes possible explanations for the shift...

... of the company, implementation is successful. Originality/value The value of this paper is that it presents companies wishing to implement ERP as well as vendors and consultants with a set of critical success factors that is applicable in China. Understanding the critical success factors would lead...